10.4% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Norseman · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Norseman
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A surprising 10.4% of Norseman homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. While the town has a few transport stops, almost no one uses public transport to get to work. This means most residents rely on private cars or walking for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 46.7% of homes in Norseman have one vehicle, though the 10.4% of households without a car is much higher than most other areas. This is well above the Western Australian rate of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Norseman, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Norseman uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. Only 4.5% work from home, a rate far below the Australian average of 21.0%, while 47% drive themselves to work.
4.5% ▲ +366.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The town has three public transport stops and one bus route, which is more than about 72% of similar areas. However, the 24.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure of 1,623.0.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.34
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
24.9
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Norseman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51127/norseman/topic/transport